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Hints for Connections #273
Try grouping the words before reading the answers. These nudges identify each connection without listing the full categories:
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- One group includes objects a dog might retrieve.
- One group consists of words meaning to conceal something.
- One group names modifier keys on a Mac keyboard.
- One group relates to losing a memory or momentarily forgetting.
The trickiest overlap is SPACE: it can look like a keyboard-key answer, but in this puzzle it belongs with the memory-lapse expressions. FLAKE is the less obvious member of that set; the intended connection is to flaking or blanking on something.
Spoiler warning: full answers
The date-specific guide and contemporary player discussion identify March 10, 2024 as puzzle #273. The answer set is:
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| Category | Words |
|---|---|
| Things a dog can fetch | BALL, BONE, FRISBEE, STICK |
| Conceal | BLOCK, COVER, HIDE, OBSCURE |
| Mac keyboard keys | COMMAND, CONTROL, OPTION, SHIFT |
| Experience a memory lapse | BLANK, FLAKE, FORGET, SPACE |
Why SPACE is easy to misplace
SPACE has a strong surface association with the Mac-key group, but the intended answer groups it with BLANK, FLAKE, and FORGET as expressions connected to a memory lapse. That overlap is the key to avoiding the tempting but incorrect keyboard grouping.
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For this archive entry, use the date-specific identification: the March 10, 2024 puzzle is #273. Parade’s guide gives that date and answer set, and a contemporaneous player discussion also identifies #273 and notes the SPACE overlap. A separate result labels the puzzle #272 in its headline, so that number should not be used for this date. Parade’s March 10 guide
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